Expected timeline to withdraw applications after ED decisions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid withdrew her applications this weekend. Four of the five schools had links to withdraw in the applicant portals. One required an emails.

Which schools already announced their ED results already? Wondering if we missed something?

Lots of schools have. Most SLACs, BC, Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, etc etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school college counselor said that if you find out on Friday, by the time you come to school Monday she expects you to have withdrawn all your other applications, assuming there are no financial aid issues.

DS spent 5 minutes and doesn’t see where to withdraw apps so he’s done trying. He probably hasn’t set up the portals. Don’t worry, he’s not taking anyone’s financial aid.

In a few months, this will be the kid who misses a lot of important stuff. Knowing how to navigate a portal/student account or write an email is super basic.

If they give up on administrative tasks after five minutes, registration will crush them.

Start preparing them to be a little more persistent and not give up on things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid withdrew her applications this weekend. Four of the five schools had links to withdraw in the applicant portals. One required an emails.

Which schools already announced their ED results already? Wondering if we missed something?

Lots of schools have. Most SLACs, BC, Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, etc etc

Here is a link to a calendar for when decisions are announced:
https://applyingto.college/decision-calendar

[Anonymous]

Do you need to remove schools from Common App that you had transcripts sent to but haven’t submitted an application? I assume not as it’s not an application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid withdrew her applications this weekend. Four of the five schools had links to withdraw in the applicant portals. One required an emails.

Which schools already announced their ED results already? Wondering if we missed something?

https://applyingto.college/decision-calendar

Your DC only gets one swing in an ED round - how would they have missed something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school college counselor said that if you find out on Friday, by the time you come to school Monday she expects you to have withdrawn all your other applications, assuming there are no financial aid issues.

DS spent 5 minutes and doesn’t see where to withdraw apps so he’s done trying. He probably hasn’t set up the portals. Don’t worry, he’s not taking anyone’s financial aid.

Grit doesn't appear to be a trait valued in your household nor does respect for others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school college counselor said that if you find out on Friday, by the time you come to school Monday she expects you to have withdrawn all your other applications, assuming there are no financial aid issues.

Well that’s probably a private school and your counselor is trying to help her other students get acceptances. There is no need to withdraw immediately.

Once you put down your deposit shouldn’t you morally withdraw all others that same day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school college counselor said that if you find out on Friday, by the time you come to school Monday she expects you to have withdrawn all your other applications, assuming there are no financial aid issues.

DS spent 5 minutes and doesn’t see where to withdraw apps so he’s done trying. He probably hasn’t set up the portals. Don’t worry, he’s not taking anyone’s financial aid.

Grit doesn't appear to be a trait valued in your household nor does respect for others.

+100 you signed a contract. You gave your word. Smh. The only people who should be worried are you and your son. Trust me, no one is worried for you.

[Anonymous]

This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

[Anonymous]

And further to what I posted immediately above . . .

The ED Agreement itself specifically states that "If the student is an early decision candidate and is seeking financial aid, the student need not withdraw other applications until the student has received notification about financial aid from the admitting early decision institution."

It appears there could be some lag between when schools provide ED decisions and FA decisions and so some lag between when a student learns of the ED decision and when they are obligated to withdraw other applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

Maybe options are beneficial but maybe the ED school gives reasonable aid. And the agreement specifically contemplates that you can apply ED and FA. So I see no problem with a student doing just that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

Maybe options are beneficial but maybe the ED school gives reasonable aid. And the agreement specifically contemplates that you can apply ED and FA. So I see no problem with a student doing just that.

What do you mean by "significant FA"? Many schools cost $60-80K which is hard for most families to pay for in full. Applying for aid even if you expect to get a fraction of the total could make sense to knock the number down an appropriate amount. ED does not require you to forgo a FA application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

This is not true.
ED is for everyone if it is your 1st choice school.
For those who need aid, you do the school estimator. You call the school and talk to see if they can give you an estimate. 3 schools my DS was looking at this year reached out and offered a pre-admit aid estimate. (Not an official name but you get the idea).

However if you want to merit aid shop to compare multiple packages - not just if your 1st choice school will come in to what they estimated - ED is not the right choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

Let us know. It could be they are only processing admitted students. Or maybe there will be a lag. My DC’s Ed1 slac last week provided the award with the decision. But that might be more difficult for a larger Ed pool like UVA. Is this a larger school?